Kino der Toten is best suited for a newbie's foray into the mayhem of Zombies. It's a somewhat circular map modeled after a massive mansion with many connecting rooms and a central theater.

Starting Off

The mansion's foyer is where this grim tale of survival begins. Be prepared to spend the first couple rounds in here using the money-making strategy we described earlier. After the third round, it's time to open up some rooms with laser-beam focus on turning the power back on in the theater. The teleporter takes you to the projection room, where you can upgrade weapons via the PAP machine.

Exploring

The back room, reached via the alleyway, is a great bunker for controlled and methodical Zombie annihilation. The key is to leave the door leading to the theater unopened. By not opening the theater door from this end, you've effectively barred off a major point of entry, leaving only three that are easily attended to by a team of four. One player mans each of the two windows, while the remaining teammates hose down the Zombies being funneled through the stairway door.

If you want to buy perks and whatnot, circle the long way around to the theater. In addition, the theater's stage is perfectly set up for fancy footwork. Basically, if you maneuver around the props in a figure eight fashion you'll be like the Pied Piper of Zombies with a whole crapton of Zombies trailing behind you, all primed to be mowed down by a bullet shower. When things get hairy, though, you can always fall back to the teleporter and jet.

Endurance

While you might bemoan the appearance of hellhounds, a very disingenuous pro-tip suggests standing three-quarters of the way on the steps leading to the stage, at the very edge, which tricks the hellhounds into not attacking.

Alternate between the theater and the back room with sweet weapons in hand, and you're pretty much due for surviving at least twenty rounds on this map.

Your Thoughts

Well, there you have it. We've lent you the knowledge, so now all you have to do is walk the walk.

With more practice and these tips now at your fingertips, your survivability will be so considerably improved that the rest of your friends or hapless strangers from the internets will unavoidably fall prey to these powerful undead Nazis while you laugh at their misfortune.